
Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words, man is ultimately self-determining. Man
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
CRITIQUE OF PAN-DETERMINISM
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
What does all this prove? What has come through to us from the past? Two things: everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there are, and everything depends on each person, through action and not mere words, creatively making the meaning of life a reality in his or her own being.
Viktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
If, on the other hand, one cannot change a situation that causes his suffering, he can still choose his attitude.fn10 Long had not chosen to break his neck, but he did decide not to let himself be broken by what had happened to him. As we see, the priority stays with creatively changing the situation